Voters are not represented by their elected officials as long as the NRA buys their votes. The American people should be able to raise money to outbid the lobbyists, since just voting is not enough to influence their elected officials.

The country is outraged that the reaction of our senate to the tragedy at Sandy Hook was to DO NOTHING. Senator Baucus voted against expanding background checks. He owes the victims of gun violence.

Last week's failure to enact meaningful gun measures exposed a basic problem with American democracy today - the legal right of arms manufacturers to spend unlimited amounts of money to influence elections.

This petition is to let the law makers know that we do not want anymore gun laws that infringe on our rights.

My petition is about raising taxes on gun purchases at retail and guns sold at gun shows. A "Weapon Tax" should be place on all guns and have some of the money go to a fund for victims and/or their families affected by the used of a weapon. My Father was shot and killed. Leaving my Mother to raise three girls and pregnant with my father's only son that He didn't get to see.My brother to this day has remorse that He never met his Father.

State Sen. Donne Trotter has shown he does not have the judgment and mental acuity to safely carry a firearm in public. Furthermore, it's highly dubious that an elderly state senator is working part-time in private security. His official profession is "health administrator", not security guard.

The NRA and their allies in Congress are pushing to put more guns in our schools, from police to guards — and in some proposals even classroom teachers! Armed guards haven't been proven to stop mass shooting tragedies, but adding armed police to schools has been shown to make our classrooms and hallways feel less safe, and push even more students down the school-to-prison pipeline. Our schools — especially in low-income neighborhoods — need more funds, not more guns. Tell your Congressperson and Senators that if they care about kids, they will reject guns in schools and fight for more and equitable funding instead!

We must not forget Newtown. Sandy Hook could have been my daughter's school. Members of Congress who vote with the NRA must be voted out.

Petition to pass gun registration for all gun owners together with maximum ten clip magazine.

Gun violence kills hundreds of Oregonians every year. Soon the Oregon State Senate will vote on four bills to reduce gun violence. • Senate Bill 700: Universal Background Checks • Senate Bill 347: Lets school districts limit guns in K-12 schools. • Senate Bill 699: No openly carried guns in public buildings • Senate Bill 796: Better training for Concealed Handgun Licenses Tell your State Senator to vote for common-sense reform.

Recent gun control legislature was defeated in the US Senate. It is imperative that we send the message loud and clear that we, the majority of citizens, want stricter gun control laws.

The congress and the Senate should be working on the Firearms Legislation. Firearms are only for killing people. No citizen should have the right to kill people. Only the police should be allowed to be armed. If NO ONE is allowed to carry guns, there is NO reason to carry one ourselves.